shed
An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is wovenAn opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
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» Tom wants to build another shed.
Том хочет построить ещё один сарай. — Wezel
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10 sensesAn opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
wagon shed
wood shed
Schuppen
сара́йsaráj, наве́сnavés
сара́йsaráj, пові́ткаpovítka, шо́паšópa
A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
(UK, derogatory, informal)An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
Karre, Rostlaube
драндуле́тdrandulét, тарата́йкаtaratájka, таранта́йкаtarantájka
(UK, informal)A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
(obsolete)A distinction or dividing-line.
(obsolete)A parting in the hair.
(obsolete)The top of the head.
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
Examples
225 sentencesTom wants to build another shed.
ruТом хочет построить ещё один сарай. — Wezel
Have you finished painting the shed?
Tom and I built this shed.
Did you build this shed yourself?
When did you build this shed?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English sched, schede, schad, from a combination of Old English scēada (“a parFrom Middle English sched, schede, schad, from a combination of Old English scēada (“a parting of the hair, top of the head”) and Old English ġesċēad (“distinction, reason”).
Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade.
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Forms
plural: shedsWord family
69 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- build this shed
- shed any tears
- in the shed
- shed any
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.